Briana Zamora | |
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Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court | |
Assumed office August 9, 2021 | |
Appointed by | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
Preceded by | Barbara J. Vigil |
Judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals | |
In office December 2018 – August 9, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Emil Kiehne |
Succeeded by | Katherine Anne Wray |
Judge of the New Mexico Second Judicial District Court | |
In office 2013 – December 2018 | |
Judge of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court | |
In office 2009–2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1973 or 1974 (age 49–50)
[1] New Mexico, U.S. |
Education |
New Mexico State University (
BA) University of New Mexico ( JD) |
Briana H. Zamora (born 1973 or 1974) is an American attorney and judge serving as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court since 2021. She is a former judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
Zamora is a graduate of Cibola High School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in government and psychology from New Mexico State University and earned her Juris Doctor with honors from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2000. [1] [2]
Zamora worked in private practice and as an assistant state attorney general and assistant district attorney prior to becoming a judge. [3]
Zamora served as a metro court judge from 2009 to 2013. She was elected judge of the Second Judicial District Court in 2013 [4] and served until her appointment to the court of appeals in 2018. She served as a judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals from December 2018 to 2021. [1] [3]
On July 15, 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Zamora as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Barbara J. Vigil. [1] She was sworn in on August 9, 2021. [5] [6]